The Latest Breaking News from Government Shutdown

How Social Security would be affected by a government shutdown, including what happens to checks and what services would be paused.

Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.

The Dow Jones rose as Donald Trump pressured Republicans to trigger a government shutdown. Tesla stock rose amid a bearish call. Li Auto slid.

White House is warning of the human cost of a potential government shutdown to draw attention to what they describe as the direct consequences of Republican rule

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says millions of pregnant women, new mothers and children would lose food aid in a government shutdown.

The bipartisan infrastructure law granted federal firefighters a big pay bump. Amid a looming government shutdown, that wage increase will expire, leaving first responders unsure about their income.

Fiscal irresponsibility might eventually shut down the government, but at the moment it’s all for show.

Speaker McCarthy faces a key five-day test to bring his Republican party together and pass a budget bill that will keep the Federal government running for the next fiscal year.

Through the rest of the month, the zoo is inviting the public to commemorate the departure of the three giant pandas who will return to China in December. A shutdown could kill the party's finale.

Texas Democrats decry Republican infighting that has halted attempts to approve annual spending bills and avoid a federal government shutdown.

U.S. lawmakers have less than ten days to come up with a spending bill to fund the U.S. government or risk a shutdown. An extended shutdown could roil the U.S. economy, which already must contend with an ongoing autoworkers strike, soaring gasoline prices, higher interest rates, and the restart of...